Blessed are the weird people: poets, misfits, writers, mystics, painters, troubadours… for they teach us to see the world through different eyes. ~ Jacob Nordby
Blessed Are The Weird People
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On Monday When The Sun Is Hot
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On Monday, when the sun is hot, I wonder to myself a lot; Now is it true, or is it not, That what is which and which is what? ~ A. A. Hodge
The Most Massive Characters
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Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. ~ Kahlil Gibran
Flyting
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Think rap battles were a modern invention? Think again! Medieval poets were dropping fire bars centuries ago, though they called it ‘flyting’ – a verbal showdown where insults flew faster than arrows.
Follow Your Inner Moonlight
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Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness. ~ Allen Ginsberg
A Good-Talking Candle
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I had a good-talking candle last night in my bedroom. I was very tired but I wanted somebody to be with me, So I lit a candle and listened to its comfortable voice of light until I was asleep. ~ Richard Brautigan
March by Barbara Baker
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A Spike of Green When I went outThe sun was hotIt shone uponMy flower pot. And there I sawA spike of greenThat no one elseHad ever seen! On other daysThe…
Be On My Own Side
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I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side. ~ Maya Angelou
Kindness and Mischief
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I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. ~ Mary Oliver
Where My Books Go
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All the words that I utter, And all the words that I write,
Must spread out their wings untiring,
And never rest in their flight,
Till they come where your sad, sad heart is,
And sing to you in the night,
Beyond where the waters are moving,
Storm-darkened or starry bright.
~ W. B. Yeats